Science
Across
- 3. A type of organism that no longer exists
- 5. the magma cools and hardens into a mass of igneous rock
- 6. a gap in the geologic record
- 8. a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned
- 10. scientists who study fossils
- 13. the change in living things over time
- 15. age The relative age of rock is its age compared to the ages of the other rocks
Down
- 1. lava hardens on the surface and forms igneous rock
- 2. eras are subdivided into units of geologic time
- 4. age The absolute age of a rock is the number of years that have passed since the rock formed
- 7. decay the process of elements release particles and energy
- 9. life
- 11. a ball of dust, gas, and ice orbits the sun
- 12. preserved remains or traces of living things
- 14. time scale A record of the geologic events and the evolution of life forms as shown in the fossils record